LIVERPOOL boxing fans are being urged to move fast to avoid disappointment after a limited number of tickets for next month's 'Fight Skool' show went on sale at the weekend.

Only 600 tickets are available on Merseyside for the October 2 showcase after a large slice of tickets were made available to the non-Merseyside fighters appearing on the card.

Local light-middleweight stars Paul Smith and Carl Wall will join bantamweight Derry Mathews on the bill, topped by red-hot Birmingham prospect Mathew Macklin, who boxes for the newly-formed English 11-stone title.

No less than seven former ABA champions are due to appear on the show, which will also host the professional debut of Liverpool's longtime England number one bantam-weight Mark Moran.

The Everton Park card will be the second instalment of promoter Frank Warren's new 'Fight Skool' series which kicks off in Dagenham this week.

As part of Warren's new TV deal with Sky Sports, the promoter will stage a show on the first Thursday of each month, with the young stars of the future signed with his Sports Network organisation making the most of the live TV exposure.

"It is great to bring big-time boxing back here, especially when you consider the talent in this city.

"Liverpool has a great tradition of producing top fighters such as Andy Holligan, Shea Neary, Paul Hodkinson and John Conteh but I can't remember a time when there has been so much talent coming through the city at once. It is only right that Fight Skool should be brought here."

Also in action on the 'Fight Skool' bill are two highly-rated Londoners - quality featherweight Kevin Mitchell and welterweight Ross Minter, son of former world middle-weight champion Alan.

Tickets for the show, priced #25 and #45 ringside, are available from the boxers on the bill or from the venue on 0151 207 1921.